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I met a little boy named Marcellus recently, and it got me thinking about the name. I've started to really like it. What are your thoughts on it? Does it sound (as I suspect it would, to people like my grandmother) like a "black" name to you? What might be a nice middle name to go along with it?

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I was thinking perhaps one of these:

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Marcellus Riley (Riley is a family name)
Marcellus Henry (Henry is a family name that isn't one of my favourites but has a habit of sounding nice with a lot of names)
Marcellus Gene
Marcellus Michael (Which is a lot of M and L, I know, but Michael's an important family name)
Marcellus Frederick

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The only Marcellus combination I'm certain I don't like is Marcellus Ray--rather weird, because I like Ray and Rae with almost everything. :) None of these have really struck my fancy yet; I'm afraid I'm in need of help.

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Oh, and while we're at it, any opinions on these names?

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Ogden (after Nash, natch)
Bertram or Bertrand (which do you prefer? How do you feel about Bert?)
Jerome
Joash (Too similar to Josh?)
Harold
Zacchaeus (after the Biblical character)

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Thanks a million. :)

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"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith